Presented by Trashion Show and The MIT Undergraduate Association Sustainability Committee

Compton Prize Committee

November 25, 2014

The UA Nominations Board would like to invite you to apply to be an undergrad representative on the prestigious Compton Prize Committee. As an undergrad representative, you will be actively involved in selecting recipients of this Prize.

The Compton Prizes are given in memory of Dr. Karl Taylor Compton, President of the Institute from 1930 to 1949 and Chairman of the Corporation from 1949 to 1954. They are the highest awards presented by the Institute to students and student organizations in recognition of excellent achievements in citizenship and devotion to the welfare of MIT. They reflect outstanding contributions to the MIT community as a whole, sustained over a significant number of years.

Come get Tosci's and talk Innovation with the MIT UA Innovation Committee!

Come tell us one of your innovative ideas. We'll be giving out five $30 Amazon Gift cards to the people whose ideas we like the most!

How to Start a Startup

September 23, 2014

Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator, is teaching a class at Stanford this fall on How to Start a Startup! The MIT UA Innovation Committee is organizing sessions from 9pm-10pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays in 2-105 to watch the videos of these lectures. We’ll brainstorm ideas, bounce them off each other, and refine them over the course of the semester.

An Evening with Mitch Hurwitz and Danny Zuker

May 2, 2014

The UA Events Committee and De Florez Fund for Humor are proud to present An Evening with Mitch Hurwitz and Danny Zuker. Hurwitz is the creator of "Arrested Development" and Zuker serves as executive producer and writer on "Modern Family." The event will be hosted by Mike Zakarian, from the Division of Student Life. There will be a Question and Answer segment at the end of the show. The event will be held on May 3rd in Kresge Auditorium at 9pm.

Tickets for this event are FREE! MIT Community members who received a ticket from the Lottery have been notified and will need to enter the South Kresge Lobby doors starting at 8pm.

More seats are available! If you wish to attend, please bring your MIT ID, and enter the north Kresge Lobby doors (closer to W20) starting at 8pm that evening.

Community Picnic and Rally for the MIT Strong Marathon Team

Join the MIT community as we cheer on the faculty, students, staff, and alumni running in the 2014 Boston Marathon

Posted: April 16, 2014 3:26 PM by styu

Toscanini's Study Break | UA + UGC

April 14, 2014

Come out, make a donation, and vote for your favorite project at our study break this Thursday, April 17, at 11pm in Twenty Chimneys to support the Underclassmen Giving Campaign!

Since October 2006, MIT freshmen, sophomores, and juniors have been donating to fund Public Service Center Expedition Grants and to support fellow students by helping fund their project ideas and turn them into reality.

The Undergraduate Association would like to invite you to apply for officer and executive positions within the Undergraduate Association. Executive positions are a great way to be involved with events and governance, including the planning of SpringFest or the leading of educational policy. Descriptions of the positions can be found here. To read the platform of the newly-elected UA President and Vice President, please visit uavision2mission.com.
To apply, please fill out this application by Friday, April 18th 2014 by 11:59pm.

Posted: April 13, 2014 5:51 PM by styu

SpringFest '14 | Buy tickets now!

March 26, 2014

Tickets for the 2014 SpringFest Concert featuring Capital Cities and Flosstradamus are now on sale! The concert is on Saturday, April 26th in Johnson Ice Rink.
Buy Your Tickets Now!

Pre-sale is open to MIT Students for a week and a half beginning March 19th and tickets will cost $10. General Ticket sales will begin March 26th with $15 MIT Students and $20 MIT Affiliates. Tickets will go on sale to local college students on April 2nd. There is a limit of 2 tickets per customer.

If you are interested in volunteering at the concert, please fill out this form. Volunteers must purchase a ticket, but they will be reimbursed after the concert.

If you have any questions about purchasing your ticket, please email tickets@mit.edu directly.

Come help the UA Committee on Sustainability kickoff the 2014 Dorm Electricity Competition by enjoying some burritos from Chipotle and Boloco!! Study break will be in PDR 1&2 on the 3rd Floor of the Student Center at 10 PM Thursday, February 27, 2014

Wanna win a gift card to Life Alive, Hubway, Boloco, or Boston Organics (more prize details at bottom)? All you have to do is one (or both) of the following:

Share a photo of you on facebook, pledging that you’ll save energy during the competition. We’ll be taking pictures of people holding the pledge sign at our study break and we will post it on our facebook page. All you have to do is share the photo!

Post this as your Facebook status with how you’ll be saving energy during the competition:
“I will _______ for 21 days to decrease my energy usage during the MIT Dorm Electricity Competition.” Tag MIT Dorm Electricity Competition facebook page in your status!

For each task you complete, you will be entered into the raffle once. Each week there will be new things to do to increase your chances of winning a raffle prize! We’ll be announcing the tasks on our facebook page and at our weekly study breaks.

We'll also be here to answer any questions you have about the UA and what we have planned for this upcoming year. We're happy to listen to any feedback you have about campus programs or policies.

Interested in joining the UA?
UA Committee members will also be around to answer any questions about joining a committee and getting involved with student leadership on campus. It's not too late to get involved with MITx, Education, Events, Athletics, Student Support, or any other committee.

Fall Festival 2013 is approaching quickly, and the UA Events Committee is very excited to bring you this year's performer.

John Mulaney will be performing at this year's comedy show on September 28th in Kresge Auditorium. Mulaney is a veteran of Saturday Night Live, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and Conan, and just released his second Comedy Central Special and Album "New in Town."

Pre-sale tickets are open now to MIT Students and cost $10 (limit 2/customer). General Ticket sales will begin September 16th with $15 MIT Community and $20 Local College Students. Tickets available here! At the event, there must be 1 MIT/College ID for every 2 tickets.

Posted: September 15, 2013 5:37 PM by styu

Apply for the Presidential Advisory Committee

June 26, 2013

President Reif has commissioned the formation of the Presidential Advisory Cabinet (PAC) as a sustaining student advisory body. The body consists of four undergraduate students and four graduate students (including the Presidents of the Graduate Student Council and the Undergraduate Association who serve as ex-officio members). The cabinet acts in a purely advisory capacity on various issues identified by the President concerning the student body.

Prospective members of this body will be nominated jointly by the UA’s and GSC’s nomination boards and will be confirmed directly by President Reif. Membership to this committee will be limited and participants will be expected to speak knowledgeably on a vast collection of topics relating to MIT policy. The application and interview process seeks to identify the most informed, experienced, and diverse membership. Service on PAC requires an exceptional sense of personal responsibility and commitment to the student body and the Institute-at-large. Members serve one-year terms starting September 1st.

The UA is accepting applications to the Presidential Advisory Cabinet. Applications will then be screened by the UA Nominations Committee and a small list of interviews will be conducted the following week (June 24th to June 28th).

The Presidential Advisory Cabinet represents an excellent opportunity for our student community to be involved with Institute policies and connect with President Reif.

Posted: June 27, 2013 1:41 AM by styu

Trash2Treasure

May 15, 2013

Hate those old shelves that you have? Can't take your mini-fridge with you to your new post-college location? Have too many hangers and books? Drop unwanted items in the bins located in your dorm lobby during finals week. UA Sustainability is working with Door to Door (doortodoor[dot]com) to store reuseable items over the summer and resell them to students at the beginning of next year!

Bins will be available in EC, Maseeh, BC, and Next House from May 19-25 - drop off is 24/7!

Note: This is not free storage for the summer. You'd be donating your things to us so that we can sell them in the fall.

Posted: May 15, 2013 3:27 PM by styu

2013 Spring Picnic

May 12, 2013

Faculty, staff and students join us to thank Dean Hastings for his leadership and service at the 2013 MIT Spring Picnic!

The picnic will take place on Monday, May 13 from noon to 1:30 PM on Killian court.

Posted: May 12, 2013 6:36 PM by styu

Wellness Week

April 30, 2013

Monday, April 29 through Saturday, May 3 is Wellness Week! Hosted by the UA, EMS, Medlinks, ActiveMinds, SMASH and PEACE, Wellness Week is a time to destress, take care of yourself, and have fun! Events include:

As a representative of over 4,000 undergraduates, you will have the scope and range to make a difference in student life. You will work with MIT administration, faculty, and fellow students to transform the MIT community.

The application is simple and easy -- it takes less than 5 minutes to complete. The deadline to apply is this Sunday (4/28), and interviews will be scheduled for next week. Thank you for your interest!

To learn more about what the new UA P/VP would like to accomplish over the next year, please visit their website, sidevin.com.

Posted: April 25, 2013 8:51 AM by styu

Community Gatherings

April 23, 2013

The UA, IFC, Panhel, LGC, ASA and DormCon invite you to join us in coming together as one community, one MIT, together in strength and unity.

Following the Memorial Ceremony for MIT Police Officer Sean Collier to be held this Wednesday, MIT dormitories, fraternities, sororities, and independent living groups will be hosting a number of small gatherings intended to bring together our community in this difficult time.

This week, WMBR 88.1FM is giving away 8 pairs of tickets to see the SpringFest 2013 Concert! Tune in at 88.1FM or stream online at wmbr.org. Giveaways will be spread out throughout the week. Stop by their broadcast event on the steps of the Student Center this Friday between 8-11PM for more chances to win - They'll be giving away tickets every hour!

Posted: April 10, 2013 12:03 AM by styu

DEC Kickoff Results

April 4, 2013

Thank you everyone who came to the Dorm Electricity Competition Kickoff last night! Above is a breakdown of the attendance of the event. Dorms with the most participation are currently in the lead!

Posted: April 4, 2013 9:57 AM by styu

Dorm Electricity Competition

April 3, 2013

The Dorm Electricity Competition (Facebook page) is an event run by UA Sustainability in April 2013. All eleven undergrad dorms will compete this spring to conserve the most electricity over the month. The UA will reward each dorm with an equivalent sum of money for every kWh it saves. Come be a part of this exciting event and change the way MIT uses energy - join us in the Coffeehouse on April 3, from 10 PM to 12 AM to the kick off of the competition and grab free Chipotle, LED bulbs, and water bottles!

Posted: April 3, 2013 1:16 AM by styu

Across Campus Dinners

March 31, 2013

Meet people from across campus in a (kind of) organized way! The Baker Foundation has teamed up with the UA Special Projects Committee to continue the Across Campus Dinners series. This is your chance to meet people outside of your niches at absolutely no cost to you!

UPDATE

As you all know, SpringFest 2013 is coming up fast - the concert is just a month away!
As usual, we will need student volunteers to help us out! If you are interested in volunteering please fill out this form. Volunteers do not have to pay for their ticket to the concert. If you have already purchased a ticket and would like to volunteer, you will be reimbursed.

Updated: April 10, 2013 9:06 PM by styu

Pizza study break

March 20, 2013

UPDATE

Now serving Beauty's pizza! Come join us Wednesday, March 19 at 11:59 PM in the Coffeehouse for pizza and over 50 liters of soda!

Posted: March 20, 2013 9:13 PM by styu

UA Elections

March 18, 2013

UPDATE

If you have already voted in the UA elections, you must revote now at vote.mit.edu for the UA P/VP race.

After consulting the UA Judicial Board, the Election Commission has declared one of the P/VP tickets (Cory Hernandez/John Kongoletos) to be invalid, due to a last-minute withdrawal by the Vice Presidential candidate. As such, we have declared the results of the initial UA P/VP race to be invalid as well.

A new P/VP race has just opened at vote.mit.edu to reflect this change. No votes from the first P/VP race will be counted, so everyone must vote in this new race, regardless of previous voting.

All Class Council races are unaffected by this decision and will continue to proceed as normal.

The Spring 2013 Elections have started for UA President/Vice President and 2014, 2015, and 2016 Class Councils. All MIT undergraduates are eligible to vote - vote now!

Join the Undergraduate Association and The Tech for this year's annual UA President/Vice President Candidate Debate.
The two tickets are Cory Hernandez '14/John Kongoletos '14 and Sidhanth Rao '14/Devin Cornish '14. The debate will begin with formal questions from The Tech's moderators, but audience questions will be collected throughout and asked towards the end.
The debate will be held on the first floor of the Student Center at 7pm this Thursday, March 14th. Pizza will be served. Come meet the candidates and watch the debate!

Posted: March 13, 2013 1:19 AM by styu

SpringFest 2013 - Macklemore Concert

March 8, 2013

UPDATE

Tickets are sold out, but MIT students can still volunteer, so stay tuned!

Get excited for SpringFest 2013! Macklemore will be headlining this year’s concert on April 26th in Johnson Ice Rink. General Ticket sales are available with $20 for MIT Students and $25 for MIT Affiliates/Guests/Local College Students. Buy your tickets now!

Posted: March 08, 2013 12:30 AM by styu

Costco/Target shuttle

March 8, 2013

The Special Projects committee has worked hard to bring you back the Costco/Target shuttle, which runs every other weekend. They've even arranged for a rental card program for your visit - stop by CopyTech to rent one, free of charge!